04223nam 2200865Ia 450 991096689550332120200520144314.0978079148662707914866219781417536085141753608X(CKB)1000000000447629(OCoLC)61367781(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594762(SSID)ssj0000176712(PQKBManifestationID)11201752(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000176712(PQKBWorkID)10206574(PQKB)10880206(OCoLC)56408522(MdBmJHUP)muse6027(Au-PeEL)EBL3408435(CaPaEBR)ebr10594762(DE-B1597)683292(DE-B1597)9780791486627(MiAaPQ)EBC3408435(Perlego)2673373(EXLCZ)99100000000044762920021107d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrImagining Italians the clash of romance and race in American perceptions, 1880-1910 /Joseph P. Cosco1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20031 online resource (244 p.) SUNY series in Italian/American cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791457627 0791457621 9780791457610 0791457613 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-226) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Magnificently Miserable Italians and Their Wretched, Princely Italy -- Jacob Riis: Immigrants Old and New, and the Making of Americans -- Edward Steiner: All is (Not) Race? -- Henry James’S Picturesque Peasants: Heroes of Romance or Modern Men? -- Henry James’S “Flagrant Foreigners”: Whose Country is this Anyway? -- Mark Twain: Racism, Nativism, and the Twinning of Italianness -- Conclusion: The Fight for Whiteness -- Notes -- BibliographyIntegrating history, literary criticism, and cultural studies, Imagining Italians vividly tells the story of two voyages across the Atlantic: America's cultural pilgrimage to Italy and the Italian "racial odyssey" in America. It examines how American representations of Italy, Italians, and Italian Americans engaged with national debates over immigration, race, and national identity during the period 1880–1910. Joseph P. Cosco offers a close analysis of selected works by immigrant journalists Jacob Riis and Edward Steiner and American iconographic writers Henry James and Mark Twain. Exploring their Italian depictions in journalism, photos, travel narratives, and fiction, he rediscovers the forgotten Edward Steiner and offers fresh readings of Riis's reform efforts and photography, James's The Golden Bowl and The American Scene, and Mark Twain's Pudd'nhead Wilson.Italian AmericansPublic opinionImmigrantsUnited StatesPublic opinionItalian AmericansSocial conditions19th centuryItalian AmericansSocial conditions20th centuryImmigrantsUnited StatesSocial conditionsPublic opinionUnited StatesItalian Americans in literatureRacismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryRacismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesEthnic relationsItalian AmericansPublic opinion.ImmigrantsPublic opinion.Italian AmericansSocial conditionsItalian AmericansSocial conditionsImmigrantsSocial conditions.Public opinionItalian Americans in literature.RacismHistoryRacismHistory305.85/1073/09034Cosco Joseph P1806930MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966895503321Imagining Italians4356370UNINA